A member of the Motion Picture Academy said Will Smith must « voluntarily » return his award for best actor to atone for slapping Chris Rock at …
A member of the Motion Picture Academy said Will Smith must « voluntarily » return his award for best actor to atone for slapping Chris Rock at the award ceremony last month « The stain on the Motion Picture Academy cannot be easily remediated. The only hope for a justifiable grace must involve Smith voluntarily returning his award for best actor, » actor Harry Lennix 57, wrote in a Variety op-ed Saturday. « Smith’s brutality stripped the entire evening of its prestige, » he added « That was proven when stunned Oscar attendees gave a standing ovation to someone who’d just committed an assault in front of their eyes.
